Less than a year after he was acquired by the Toronto Raptors, small forward Rudy Gay was traded to the Sacramento Kings in a seven-player deal earlier this week. News of the trade came as a shock to Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan, who talked about the trade of his teammate on SiriusXM NBA Radio.

“It was definitely a surprise for us,” DeRozan said. “It’s more, you know, on me now since he’s gone. You know, he took a lot of pressure off of me.”

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